The author of The Shadow of the Object, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, talks about her beloved chaise longue, revisiting Kafka, and the art historian who inspired her latest novel
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We asked the authors nominated for this year’s Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their longlisted works; their favourite books; and where they love to read, and write
The longlist features authors representing three continents and seven countries: England, Ireland, Scotland, Jamaica, Mexico, Turkey and America. It transports readers from a hospital in Mexico City to the Kent seaside in a post-apocalyptic Britain; from the barren hillsides of the Outer Hebrides to the criminal badlands of West Dublin; from Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1980s to coastal Massachusetts in the run-up to the 2024 US election; from an unnamed medieval court to a prison cell that defies explanation.
You can read interviews with all of the authors longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026 here.
